Area of Learning: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS Grade 12

NEW MEDIA 12 (4 credits)

Description
New Media 12 is a program of studies designed to reflect the changing role of technology in today’s society and the increasing importance of digital
media in communicating and exchanging ideas. This course is intended to allow students and educators the flexibility to develop an intensive program of
study centred on students’ interests, needs, and abilities, while at the same time allowing for a range of local delivery methods. New Media 12 recognizes
that digital literacy is an essential characteristic of the educated citizen. Coursework is aimed at providing students with a set of skills vital for success in
an increasingly complex digital world by affording numerous opportunities to demonstrate understanding and communicate increasingly sophisticated
ideas through a wide variety of digital and print media. Compared with New Media 11, New Media 12 features tasks and texts of greater complexity and
sophistication. As well, the Grade 12 course extends the depth and breadth of topics and activities offered in New Media 11.

The following are possible focus areas in New Media 12:

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media and film studies – suggested content/topics include the globalization of the media industry, influence of media on users’ perceptions,
documentaries in the age of digital media
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journalism and publishing – suggested content/topics include the changing roles and structures within news organizations; risks, challenges,
and opportunities associated with professional journalism
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digital communication – suggested content/topics include blogging, writing for the web, writing for social media, gaming, podcasting

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BIG IDEAS
The exploration of text and story People understand text Texts are socially, Language Digital citizens have
deepens our understanding differently depending culturally, shapes ideas rights and responsibilities
of diverse, complex ideas about on their worldviews geographically, and and influences in an increasingly
identity, others, and the world. and perspectives.
historically constructed. others. globalized society.

Learning Standards
Curricular Competencies Content
Using oral, written, visual, and digital texts, students are expected individually and Students are expected to know the following:
collaboratively to be able to:
Text forms and genres
Comprehend and connect (reading, listening, viewing)
Text features and structures, including multimedia
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Understand and appreciate the complexities of digital citizenship
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form, function, and genre of multimedia texts
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Read for enjoyment and to achieve personal goals
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relationships between form, function, and technology
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Understand the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples
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interactivity
perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view
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formatting and graphics
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Understand the diversity within and across First Peoples societies as represented in texts
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narrative structures found in First Peoples texts
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Understand the influence of land/place in First Peoples and other Canadian texts
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protocols related to the ownership of First
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Use information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources
Peoples oral texts
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Evaluate the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of texts
Strategies and processes
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Select and apply appropriate strategies in a variety of contexts to comprehend written,
oral, visual, and multimodal texts, to guide inquiry, and to transform thinking •
multimodal reading strategies
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Recognize the complexities of digital citizenship •
multimodal writing strategies
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Recognize and understand how different forms, formats, structures, and features •
metacognitive strategies
of texts reflect a variety of purposes, audiences, and messages •
writing processes
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Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to analyze ideas within, between, •
reading strategies
and beyond texts •
oral language strategies
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Identify and understand the role of personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, •
multimedia presentation processes
and perspectives in texts

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Learning Standards (continued)
Curricular Competencies Content
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Recognize and identify personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, Language features, structures, and conventions
and perspectives in texts, including gender, sexual orientation, and socio- •
elements of style
economic factors
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usage and conventions
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Appreciate and understand how language constructs personal, social, and cultural
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citation techniques
identities
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literary elements and devices
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Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world
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media techniques
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Evaluate how literary elements as well as specific new media techniques and
devices enhance and shape meaning and impact •
literal and inferential meaning

Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing) New media functions

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Respectfully exchange ideas and viewpoints from diverse perspectives •
advocacy
to build shared understanding and transform thinking •
community building
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Respond to text in personal, creative, and critical ways •
propaganda
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Select and apply appropriate speaking and listening skills in a variety of formal •
manipulation
and informal contexts for a range of purposes
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Use digital and multimedia writing and design processes to plan, develop,
and create engaging and meaningful literary, imaginative, and/or informational texts
for a variety of purposes and audiences
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Express and support an opinion with evidence to achieve purpose
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Evaluate and refine texts to improve clarity, effectiveness, and impact according
to purpose, audience, and message
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Use the conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation proficiently
and as appropriate to the context
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Use acknowledgements and citations to recognize intellectual property rights
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Transform ideas and information to create original texts, using various genres, forms,
structures, and styles

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Big Ideas – Elaborations Grade 12
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text/texts: “Text” and “texts” are generic terms referring to all forms of oral, written, visual, or digital communication:
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Oral texts include speeches, poems, plays, oral stories, and songs.
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Written texts include novels, articles, and short stories.
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Visual texts include posters, photographs, and other images.
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Digital texts include electronic forms of all of the above.
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Oral, written, and visual elements can be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements).
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story: narrative texts, whether real or imagined, that teach us about human nature, motivation, behaviour, and experience, and often reflect a
personal journey or strengthen a sense of identity. They may also be considered the embodiment of collective wisdom. Stories can be oral, written,
or visual and used to instruct, inspire, and entertain listeners and readers.
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Digital citizens: involves taking personal responsibility and behaving ethically and cautiously when using technology

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Curricular Competencies – Elaborations Grade 12
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land/place: refers to the land and other aspects of physical environment on which people interact to learn, create memory, reflect on history,
connect with culture, and establish identity
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relevance: Consider the extent to which material has credibility, currency, and significance for the purpose, and whether it resonates
with personal experience.
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reliability: Consider point of view, bias, propaganda, and voices left out, omitted, or misrepresented.
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strategies: Strategies used will depend on purpose and context. These may include making predictions, asking questions, paraphrasing,
forming images, making inferences, determining importance, identifying themes, and drawing conclusions.
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multimodal texts: texts that combine two or more systems, such as linguistic, visual, audio, gestural, and spatial, and that can be delivered
via a variety of media or technologies (e.g., music video, graphic novel, post-modern picture book, closed-captioned film)
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digital citizenship: taking personal responsibility and behaving ethically and cautiously when using technology
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forms: Within a type of communication, the writer, speaker, or designer chooses a form based on the purpose of the piece. Common written forms
include narrative, journal, procedural, expository, explanatory, news article, e-mail, blog, advertisements, poetry, novel, and letter.
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formats: refers to the consideration of format choices including layout, sequencing, spacing, topography, and colour
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structures: refers to the way the author organizes text
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features of texts: elements of the text that are not considered the main body. These may include typography (bold, italic, underlined), font style,
guide words, key words, titles, diagrams, captions, labels, maps, charts, illustrations, tables, photographs, and sidebars/textboxes.
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personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives in texts, including gender, sexual orientation, and socio-economic factors:
Students should be prompted to understand the influence of family, friends, community, education, spirituality/religion, gender identity, age, sexual
orientation, land/place, settlement patterns, economic factors, political events, (local and beyond), and colonial policies; to understand that authors
write from a perspective influenced by such factors; and to understand the relationship between text and context.
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Respectfully exchange ideas and viewpoints: using active listening skills and receptive body language, paraphrasing and building on others’ ideas;
disagreeing respectfully, extending thinking (e.g., shifting, changing) to broader contexts (social media, digital environments), collaborating in large
and small groups
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speaking: Strategies may include conscious use of emotion, volume, pace, pause, inflection, and emphasis.
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listening skills: Strategies may include receptive body language, eye contact, paraphrasing and building on others’ ideas, and disagreeing respectfully.
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multimedia writing and design processes: such as prewriting, planning, drafting, storyboarding; revising, editing, and publishing; using sketch,
shade, and colour; and selecting appropriate format and layout
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variety of purposes and audiences: Writers write for authentic purposes and real-world audiences, based on their strengths and passions.
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acknowledgements and citations: includes citing sources in appropriate ways to understand and avoid plagiarism and understanding protocols
that guide use of First Peoples oral texts and other knowledge

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Content – Elaborations Grade 12
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genres: literary or thematic categories (e.g., adventure, fable, fairy tale, fantasy, folklore, historical, horror, legend, mystery, mythology, picture book,
science fiction, biography, essay, journalism, manual, memoir, personal narrative, speech)
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multimedia texts
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infographics
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vlogs/blogs
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short film
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reviews
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microblog
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interactivity: the process of two or more people working together and influencing each other, including the ability of a user to interact with
the digital media or with a computer to respond to user input
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narrative structures found in First Peoples texts: for example, circular, iterative, cyclical
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protocols related to ownership of First Peoples oral texts: First Peoples stories often have protocols for when and where they can be shared,
who owns them, and who can share them.

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